I had the lapband 6 years ago and I thought everything was okay. I did yearly an EDG for any complications and all was clear. June of 2015 I started having lots of indigestion and had several barium swallows and no slippage or any seen problems. They removed the filling and I went 5 months with no reflief. It was determined then that I needed to have my band removed for relief. This was done in October 2015 months after this all started. Still no reflied and I have been on every kind of acid reflux medication and I stay with 24/7 heartburn. I recently underwent and EDG and found that the flap is weakended, thanks to the band and that I have a hernia. The GI doctor said that I am one of those that medication does not work and referrred me to have the Reflux Surgery. My question is I have looked at reviews and they are not good having this procedure done and not assure that it will fix the problem. It only last about 10 years and people are saying that it doesn't fix the problem. Seems that I am exchanging one problem with other complications that I will not be able to reverse. Has anyone had this surgery and any pros or cons would be appreciated. I see my Surgeon who did my lapband on Monday. Im not sure what to do if I take the risk or not.

i had one thought as I was reading your letter. are you still overweight? have you considered having gastric bypass done? I had the band and started having reflux and pain. july 2015 I had the band removed and had gastric bypass. I am not on any antiacids now and no reflux or indigestion of any kind . the bypass works getting rid of that complication. so if you still need to lose wt. talk with your doctor and see what he thinks.